Understanding essay scoring criteria

- In this movie,…I'll explain how your essay will be scored…and what criteria the graders will use…to figure out that score.…So, when you write your essay,…eventually two people are going to read it,…and they are going to read it quickly.…Each person probably spends about a minute or two…reading your essay.…Once they're done reading,…each of those two people will give it a score…anywhere from one to six.…The two scores are then added…to give you your final essay score,…which ranges from two to 12.…In rare occasions,…the graders will be more than one point apart.…

In those cases a third grader will score it…and give it a score between two and 12.…You can actually score a zero…if you write in pen, which is a no no,…or you write an essay on a completely different topic…than the prompt gives you.…So, the grading is overall holistic, as the SAT says.…In other words, the grader isn't really checking boxes…on a check sheet.…They're going off their overall impression…based on the SAT's Scoring Criteria.…So, the Criteria are:…

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5/11/2015

Get your SAT prep off to a great start with these study and test-taking strategies from Vince Kotchian, a test prep coach who has been helping prepare students for the SAT for the last eight years. In this course, he'll walk you through the best practices, as well as tips and tricks, for acing the SAT. He'll review the format and scoring of the test, show you how to write a great essay, review questions from the Math and Writing sections, and introduce strategies for tackling the Critical Reading section of the SAT.